Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety)

Name: Almond Cookies (Dim Sum Variety)
Total time: 35
Yield: 24
Ingredients: red food coloring; 1 cup vegetable shortening, plus; 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg, beaten; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt

Recipe by WISHME from allrecipes.com

Dessert 35 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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red food coloring
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1 cup vegetable shortening, plus
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3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
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1 cup sugar
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1 egg, beaten

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1 teaspoon almond extract
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2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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½ teaspoon baking soda
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½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour a few drops of red food coloring into a small bowl, and set aside.
With an electric mixer, beat the shortening together with the sugar in a mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in the egg and almond extract.
In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the sugar-shortening mixture, and mix well. Scoop up a scant tablespoon of dough with a spoon, and form into a walnut-sized ball. Place the ball onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and press the ball slightly with your thumb to create a flat spot on top (don't flatten the cookie). Dip the end of a bamboo chopstick into the red food coloring, and touch the center of each cookie to make a red dot.
Bake in the preheated oven until slightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool on a rack.